Word: sales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that was not what freed him. He made his "escape" by selling his collection of rare books, worth more than $1,000,000, a notable trove of the printer's and publisher's art. While the sale was in progress, Mr. Kern explained: "As my collection has grown, books have not only fascinated me, they have enslaved me. As rare books became rarer I battled for them, treasured them, and so became a collector. . . . Somehow I could not think of my books ever being sold by anyone else, even after my death, and in a flash...
...much is this book worth?" The gestures tell how much it is worth to famed Abraham S. Wolf Rosenbach, Harry Marks, Gabriel Wells or some other gentleman who collects books for profit or passion. Dr. Rosenbach (Alice In Wonderland inan) raised his hand vertically many times at the Kern sale* but three times he kept it in his pocket. Three times he refused to go on with the bidding, lost a coveted book to a braver bibliophile. Some top prices brought by Kern-collected editions and manuscripts: Shelley's Queen Mob, $68,000; Lamb's contribution to Hone...
Another misstatement is in the first paragraph of your editorial. You say that they (President Lowell and I) are agreed that drinking and the sale of liquor have gone on practically undiminished: I do not agree to any such statement. It can scarcely be inferred from President Lowell's statement that "Prohibition has no doubt done good. It has abolished the saloon; it has diminished the absence from the factory of workmen through drink, the waste of their wages on liquor, and the consequent suffering of their families." How could these things be if the drinking of liquor has gone...
Still interested in Innovation, however, Mr. Bonsall last spring visited the Innovation plant in Long Island City, last fall wrote to Mr. Trentacoste a letter which later was used in the sale of an Innovation stock issue. Said Mr. Bonsall, in part...
Another definite step towards the ultimate consummation of the House Plan comes with the completion of the sale of the Boston Elevated Company's power plant at the corner of Memorial Drive and Boylston Street. Both interested parties have signed the necessary documents, according to a statement from University Hall, and the property will be transferred to the University...